Student International Travel Scholarship

Preamble

This scholarship has been made available to support a student to a present an oral paper at an international conference that is relevant to the activities of the Society, in the year of the award.

Value of Award

  • Return airfare and a living allowance up to a total value of $5,000.
  • Full registration fee to next ASFB annual conference.

Closing date for applications

  • One week prior to the ASFB annual conference.

Conditions

  • The award is open to students who have been financial members of the Australian Society for Fish Biology for at least 12 months.
  • The applicant must be enrolled as a post-graduate student at an Australian University or have graduated from an Australian University within the past 12 months.
  • A written paper is to be submitted.
  • The Executive Council may decide not to award the Scholarship in a particular year if it considers that the standard of application is insufficiently high.
  • The rules for this Scholarship may be amended by the Executive Council but one years notice of any amendments shall be given to Society members.
  • The Scholarship may be awarded jointly.

Process for appliation

  • Download the application form.
  • Applications are in the form of a research paper written on any aspect of fish biology or fisheries (fish includes commercially important molluscs and crustaceans).  Papers should follow the format required by the Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.
    Email your paper to the Contact person
  • Applicants should nominate in writing what conference they wish to attend and its relevance to the aims and activities of the Society. This will comprise part of the Scholarship Committee’s decision. 
    Email to the Contact person

Judging process

  • Papers and presentations are judged by a Scholarship Committee comprising three people chosen each year by the ASFB Executive Council. The Scholarship Committee may co-opt external referees to assist in this process.
  • On the basis of the written applications, a short list will be drawn up. At this stage the Committee may require one or all of the applicants to present their paper orally. Such oral presentations will be taken into account when the Scholarship Committee makes the final decision.